Antierythropoietin Antibody Production Is Not Associated with Malaria and Malaria-Related Anaemia in Humans
Table 1
Demographic, clinical, and haematological characteristics of studied population.
Variables
Total; N=86
Case; 57 (66.3%)
Control; 29 (33.7%)
P-values
Age (years)
5.3±2.6
4.67± 2.4
6.5± 2.4
0.001‡
Sex
0.473
Male
50(58.1)
32(37.6)
18(21.2)
Female
36(41.9)
25(29.4)
10(11.8)
Temperature (°C)
37.7±0.93
37.9 ± 0.97
36.9± 0.12
<0.0001‡
RBC (x106/µL)
4.3±0.73
4.2±0.8
4.4±0.46
0.135‡
Haemoglobin level (g/dL)
11.3±2.10
10.4± 1.95
13.1± 0.85
<0.0001‡
MCV (fL)
75.9±11.0
75.7±9.15
76.5±14.31
0.755‡
MCH (pg)
25.9±3.2
24.9±1.99
30.0±2.46
<0.0001‡
WBC (x103/µL)
8.8± 3.27
9.4± 3.71
7.6± 1.60
0.012‡
Platelet count (x103/µL)
223 (145- 413)
161.0 (108.5- 223)
458 .0 (388- 510)
<0.0001†
EPO concentration (pg/ml)
65.36 (53.40- 89.26)
57.49 (47.65- 89.86)
71.86 (62.41- 88.20)
0.264†
‡Independent t-test and †Mann-Whitney U test were used to test for significance of differences between parametric and nonparametric variables, respectively. Chi squared test was used to test for association between categorical variables. A p-value < 0.05 was considered significant ( values of significant variables are in bold print).
